Asus STRIX B250I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '22 at 17:04
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 208 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 557 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.7.1 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 26.4 14% 23.2 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 20 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA500GM10001 500GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: SU3SC013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 428 426 422 423 430 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 418 Mixed 406 SusWrite 422 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.6 182% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 333 253% 341 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 136%
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$70 12,376 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 466GB free Firmware: 711130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 126 126 124 128 474 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 930 Write 1,766 Mixed 1,427 SusWrite 284 250% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 66.3 238% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,178 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 813 628% 873 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G266681 2x8GB 6,425 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 19.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	38x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	32x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	30x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	10x
LENSE20256GMSP34MEAT2TA 256GBBench 113%, 2,581 samples	8x

RAM
F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 13,788 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	9x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16